If you’re proficient on inline or quad roller skates, you could turn it to your advantage – by teaching others. Amazingly, as the law stands there are no legal requirements to hold a coaching or instructor’s certificate, or even insurance, to teach sport in the UK. Officially, there’s no legal requirement for background checks either.

A lot of skaters with a few fancy moves have mistakenly thought they could make quick money setting themselves up as freelance skating coaches. However, no sensible parent these days is going to risk their kids’ safety with an unqualified sports coach. Which means those who do become qualified are in hot demand, and earn a decent living teaching roller skating skills in schools, leisure centres and roller clubs up and down the country.

UKISA (the UK Inline Skating Association) qualifications are the fast-track way to a lucrative career. UKISA instructors command among the highest rates in the skating industry, and can even progress to film and TV work. Even if you already teach roller skating, UKISA qualifications improve your professional profile, increase your marketability and open an awful lot of previously closed doors.

What’s more, coaching isn’t just for kids. We at skates.co.uk sell quad, inline and fitness roller skates to newcomers of all ages. Roller skating is recognised as an excellent low-impact, load-bearing activity that can be taught to people of all ages – including the 50 plus group. However, older adults are unlikely to take it up without a qualified instructor at the helm. That instructor could be you.